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Hands Off She’s Mine (Live) (2021)
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In The Name of Reason (2017)
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Death metal and deathcore act from Nyon, Switzerland, formed in 2009. They channel punishing breakdowns and guttural extremity from the shores of Lake Geneva.
Thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the Finnish capital.
Conjura is a black metal band from Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, formed in 2017 by members also associated with the band Abruptus. After an early rehearsal recording, the project was revived and the band released their debut full-length Perpetua Tenebris in 2021, followed by a split and two EPs in 2022 and 2023. They operate under the Deconsecrate Prods label and channel themes of hate and blasphemy.
Conjurador is a black/death metal project from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2021 with themes centered on Satanism and occultism. The band released multiple demos in their first year of activity and followed up with the EP "Conjurers of the Infernal Key" in 2022.
Gulfport, Mississippi black/death/grind band channeling apocalyptic extremity from the Gulf Coast underground. Their sound fuses the chaos of grindcore with black and death metal's darker currents.
Indianapolis sludge metal band building walls of crushing, feedback-drenched sound in the Midwestern underground. Their slow, punishing riffs and bleak atmosphere carry the weight of the genre's heaviest practitioners.
San Diego death metal band delivering raw, old-school brutality rooted in classic American death metal aesthetics. Their sound favors putrid, murky production and punishing riffs that recall the genre's earliest incarnations.
Swiss black metal project formed in 2021. They craft dark, ritualistic black metal steeped in occult atmosphere and raw aggression.
Power and heavy metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2014. They deliver melodic, anthemic metal from the Northern Irish capital.
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